Cricket on the hearth
Contributors: Smith, Albert, 1816-1860; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Corning, John Herbert, d. ca. 1940, donor; New National Theatre (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1897
Language: eng
Description: New National Theatre, W.H. Rapley, manager. Joseph Jefferson in a double comedy bill, a dramatization of Charles Dickens' story in three acts by Albert Smith, Esq. entitled "Cricket on the Hearth" and Mortin's favorite comedy in one act "Lend Me Five Shillings".
Notes: New National Theatre, Washington, D.C., week of Monday, November 8, 1897. Only matinee Saturday. Thursday and Friday nights.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Mr. Joseph Jefferson, Theo. Hamilton, Harry Meredith, Joseph Warren, Rosabel Morrison, Miss Blanche Bender, Miss Julia Dean, Miss Connie Jackson, Miss Mary Short.

"Next week: 'The Sign of the Cross'."

With: Rip Van Winkle. Issued together.

LC copy: Gift: Est. of J.H. Corning, June 20, 1940.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).